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with a Swiss company run by four doctors who had developed a new process to help bones heal more quickly and with better results. In 1977 Wyss became president of Synthes USA, where he was responsible for... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)

organization more customer responsive and attuned to the needs of smaller businesses, as well as for shifting the bank's focus away from dealings with foreign governments and toward more private... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

reach out to the EAEF. “Amal was really instrumental in closing that deal,” explains Habib, now CEO of Dawi, “and it was a milestone, because the EAEF was Dawi’s first institutional investor and helped us... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

education imposes on us the responsibility to help educate citizens in such countries who can, we hope, be a driving force for positive change in their communities and governments. Who is allowed View Details

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

give guidance to potential investors in other areas. WeWork fails to discuss the impact of the free rent and other concessions it has to give... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

In a much admired and debated speech given at the World Economic Forum in Davos last January, Bill Gates said that many of the world's biggest problems cannot be fixed by philanthropy, but instead require free-market capitalism—"creative capitalism"—to solve.... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

27 Apr 2020
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How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

systems. If possible, it is advisable to assign an IT team member to the new employee, someone who will be responsible for ensuring they have quick, seamless access View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2024 Arthur C. Brooks : Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Sciences & Letters in 2024. Leemore S. Dafny : Elected to the National Academy of... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to life by industry-leading experts... View Details

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

Meet Cheryl Andrus: Manager. Survivor. A vice president responsible for corporate and product marketing at FranklinCovey in Salt Lake City, Andrus was asked in August 2002 to also take charge of one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

2012
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Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades

By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano

Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details

Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity; Quality; Economic Growth; Singapore

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20 Sep 2019
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Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

investors may want to see higher growth, it may be better to sacrifice some short-term growth to gain persistence.” “The semiconductor industry... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

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Erin Kaivan

When Erin Kaivan was in the fifth grade, she made three outspoken promises to the world: that she would become an actress, she would reach six feet in height, and that she would go to Harvard. Of the three... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

Fast Answer

How Do I Cite Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools?

including a general acknowledgment of AI if you use it as a tool to complete your writing or project work, even if you do not quote or paraphrase output: Interview questions used for the project... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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James Has New Role

(photo by Susan Young) (photo by Susan Young) Ralph James (MBA 1982), who previously headed Executive Education at HBS, became executive director of External Relations in July. In his new role, James is responsible for development and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

When it comes to starting new ventures, some people think big picture and others dive into the details. When Robb Turner (MBA 1990) talks about the start-up of his flourishing maple syrup company, it’s obvious he’s pretty good at both. A... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

22 Sep 2022
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The Beauty Guide

mentors, they were all accomplished men who offered sound advice in both business and life. “Now that I’m in this position of seniority, I feel a huge responsibility to pay it forward,” says Freyre. “Given... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

the risk of flooding.” In addition, a number of seemingly futuristic sustainable technologies are already being deployed commercially, including photovoltaic cells built into the “skin” of buildings and electrochromic windows that darken automatically in View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

26 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

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